Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences
IPC 4 (Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences) has no close counterpart in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The Indian Penal Code, 1860 was repealed with effect from 01 Jul 2024, but conduct before that date is still charged, tried and appealed under it.
Repealed · Indian Penal Code
Section 4 Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences
The provisions of this Code apply also to any offence committed by--
[(1) any citizen of India in any place without and beyond India;
(2) any person on any ship or aircraft registered in India wherever it may be.] of 1972, West Bengal by West Bengal Act 42 of 1973.
The Act has been extended to Goa, Daman and Diu with modifications by Reg. 12 of 1962, s. 3 and Sch., extended to and brought into force in Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and Sch. I (w.e.f. 1-7-1965) and to Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands by Reg. 8 of 1965, s. 3 and Sch. (w.e.f. 1-10- 1967).
The Act comes into force in Pondicherry vide Reg. 7 of 1963, s. 3 and Sch. I (w.e.f. 1-10-1963).
2. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and Sch., for "the whole of India except Part B States".
3. Subs. by the A. O. 1948, for "take effect * * * throughout British India". The words and figures "on and from the first day of May, 1861" occurring between the words "effect" and "throughout" were rep. by Act 12 of 1891.
4. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and Sch., for "except Part B States".
5. Subs. by s. 3 and Sch., ibid., for "the States".
6. The words and figures "on or after the said first day of May, 1861" omitted by Act 12 of 1891.
7. Subs. by the A. O. 1937, for "law passed by the Governor-General of India in Council".
8. Subs. by Act 4 of 1898, s. 2, for the original s. 4.
9. Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for the original cls. (1) to (4).
Explanation.
Explanation.--In this section the word "offence" includes every act committed outside [India] which, if committed in [India] would
be punishable under this Code.
[Illustration]
A, [who is [a citizen of India]], commits a murder in Uganda. He can be tried and convicted of murder in any place in [India] in which he may be found.
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In force · Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
No close match
No provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita is textually close to this one. That is frequently the point: a provision the reform dropped, merged into another, or rewrote so thoroughly that the words no longer line up. Read the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita itself before concluding the conduct is no longer an offence.
Other provisions with similar text
The next closest matches, in order. Where a provision was split or merged, the answer is often more than one of these.
How this table was made, and what it is not
There is no official machine-readable correspondence between the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. The Ministry published comparison charts for human readers; nothing exists that a computer can check. So this is not an official mapping and we do not present it as one.
What it measures is how alike the text of two provisions is. For each provision of the old enactment we compare its words against every provision of the new one and report the closest, with the score. That works here because the new codes are largely a renumbering rather than a rewrite: where a provision carried over near-verbatim the match is self-evidencing, and you can see it for yourself, because both texts are set out side by side on every entry.
Where the law genuinely changed, the score falls and the entry says no close match found rather than offering a guess. Those entries matter: they are where the reform actually did something.
Check before you cite. A high score means the words are alike, not that a court has held the provisions equivalent. For that, read both texts and the Gazette.
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